Four Everton academy graduates in the starting line-up with seven more on the bench against FC Krasnodar
Posted Dec 11, 2014, 7:07 PM UTC
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Merseyside is probably England's greatest source of talent. Off the top of my head: Rooney, Gerrard, Baines, Ricky Lambert, Ross Barkley, Jonathan Walters, Kevin Nolan, Steve McMannaman, Robbie Fowler, Jamie Carragher etc etc came from the area. I reckon at least one of those lads on the Everton roster tonight will make it in the Prem.
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Garbutt and Ledson have the best shout at making it I would say.
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Garbutt isn't from Liverpool but I do agree with your point.
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Love the youth. Excited for this "Kone", heard a lot about him.
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Kony 2012 never forget
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That was probably the last year he played a game.
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I forgot Kone was still at Everton, when was the last time he played?
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Been out 14 months I think
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He's practically a new signing!
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He actually looked like he might have that impact...
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He played an u21 match against our u21s last week
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I forgot he existed.
Pretty sure a few FIFAs ago he helped fund a move for El Shaarawy to Wigan.
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He pretty much has 1 knee now
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I know they've nothing to play for but it's great to see Martinez putting faith in the youngsters.
Garbutt looked really impressive last time I watched Everton in the Europa League.
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Chelsea, this is how you do an academy day. I'm not wanting to hate but I really wanted to see Chelsea's youngsters play the other day.
Without ranting, the best of luck to the Everton kids. These opportunities come around in a blue moon.
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Trust me, we all wanted RLC to make his appearance waaaaaay earlier
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What will happen to this game, will it be shown on ITV? Tottenham game is pretty late.
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It's not on until 8:05, probably they'll go straight to the Everton game after it.
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I'm really looking forward to hearing how they get on. I'm in work so I'll be following on the radio. If we score a goal I'll have to do my best to stop me getting too excited.
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Mancini did something similar today with Inter. Lots of Primavera players in the lineup.
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Not a bad idea considering Inter won the NextGen 2 (?) years ago
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What about Galloway?
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I read somewhere that he is ineligible but I'm not too sure how true that is.
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Ah right. That's a shame. Known him since I was 4. Would have been a laugh seeing him play European football.
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We'll gladly take Garbutt on loan for you.
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Think he'd be capable of playing for a top end championship club personally.
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His price would go up playing at a lower level and tearing it up
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Everton (to face Krasnodar): Joel, Browning, Alcaraz, Barry, Garbutt, Ledson, Pienaar, Atsu, Oviedo, McAleny, Kone. #EFCvKRA
Everton subs: Griffiths, Kenny, Jones, Long, Williams, Grant, Dowell. #EFCvKRA
It's an #EFC debut for 17-year-old @RyanLedson97! The Liverpool-born midfielder has been with us since the age of five. Good luck, Lego lad!
It's also a first senior start for @CMcAleny and @tybrowning! In total, four #EFC academy graduates start - seven more on the bench.
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Aaaaaand they lose
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It was youth players, you know, homegrown talent, versus a better side. It was a chance to give the youngsters a shot at a big game without any massive risks. Everton had already topped the group. It was also a chance to see Kone in action finally after his extended injury... and he frankly looked really good.
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They played well though, at least in the second half. They looked nervous in the first half but Garbutt was fantastic, and Ledson and Dowell both played incredibly well for 17 year olds - they looked much more mature than their years.
Losing by one goal, which was scored thanks to a mistake by a non-academy GK, while giving 7 academy players playing time is pretty good IMO.
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So, how did they do folks?
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Ok, really stale atmosphere but considering apart from Barry and Pienaar none of those players are regular starters and some hadn't played for us before today in a competitive match it was pretty good.
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didnt they call themselves the 'school of science'
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Still do, Martinez is doing wonders for bringing it back.
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That could probably be a chant....
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Aaaand they lost
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Gary Neville is right again. He talked about the age of the Everton squad and how they looked tired as fuck.
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What do you mean?
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Vs City, Everton fielded the oldest side in the League (this season?) and in Garry Neville's analysis he commented that Everton seemed tired. The video is recent on r/everton
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Yeah sorry I knew about that, but then we played an incredibly young side last night and this guy said he was right again as if they were tired because of being young.
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of the 11 graduates tonight, 10 are English, 1 Welshman and 8 born in Merseyside.
Thanks Dan ;)